The Washington Capitals had five picks in the 2025 NHL Draft, including first round pick Lynden Lakovic. Did their class earn a solid grade?

NHL Draft concluded, we end our coverage of this draft by way of draft grades. These grades are based on how I think the clubs did, based on my knowledge of the players selected. The only way I can fairly and reasonably go about this exercise is to assign grades based on which team added the most by way of draft picks to the organization.

Inside of this reality we had a few teams do absolutely stellar work in the draft that could lay the groundwork for a huge turnaround in the future, while others made some questionable selections worthy of scrutiny,